---- Winters replied firmly. "There's no Aria Rivers here. Only Evelyn." Marcus's smile turned smugly triumphant. "Isabella has the paternity test results the hospital just delivered. Dad will know who's lying with one look." My blood turned to ice. I clenched my fists, standing frozen in place as tears threatened to spill. Thad failed Winters pack Alpha and Luna. I'd wronged the real Evelyn's memory. And now I was about to lose the only family who had ever truly wanted me. Grandfather tore open the envelope with sharp, decisive movements. His eyes scanned the paper. Then everything changed. His face went from suspicious to shocked to absolutely furious. Without warning, he struck Marcus with his cane. ---- Hard. "You rebellious son!" Grandfather roared. "Still coveting your brother's position even now!" Marcus stumbled backward, clutching his shoulder. "Tf Evelyn isn't my granddaughter, then who is!" Grandfather continued, his voice shaking with rage. "If you dare cause trouble again and drive a wedge between me and your older brother, don't call me father anymore!" The silence that followed was deafening. Marcus and Isabella stared at the test results like they were seeing ghosts. I could see Isabella's face going pale, her mouth opening and closing wordlessly. I was equally shocked. My mind reeled. How was this possible? My parents were ordinary people who had abandoned me. How could I have any connection to the Winters Pack? ---- Mrs. Winters suddenly burst into tears. Great, heaving sobs that shook her entire body. "T should have realized," she whispered through her tears. ''Thirty years ago, I was pregnant with twins." My breath caught. "when I gave birth, the doctor said one had died," she continued. "But the attending physician... he was a spy from another pack." The truth hit me like lightning. "You're my daughter who was supposed to be dead," Mrs. Winters said, reaching for me with trembling hands. "That's why you and Evelyn had the same blood type. That's why you look identical. " "My baby girl," she sobbed. "My baby girl came home." Marcus's face cycled through disbelief, anger, and finally resignation. He understood now. The doctor hadn't killed the child-he'd thrown her ---- away, leaving her to survive on her own. After all these twists and turns, I had still found my way back to the Winters Pack. "This is impossible," Isabella said desperately. " There has to be some mistake-"' "The only mistake," Sebastian interrupted coldly, "was thinking you could get away with what you did." Everyone turned to look at him. "I was planning to settle accounts with you tomorrow," Sebastian continued, his voice deadly calm. "But now seems like perfect timing." Isabella's eyes widened in terror. "Isabella drugged Evelyn and arranged for someone to harm her," Sebastian announced. " I've already sent all the evidence to the Wolf Council. Their investigators should be arriving any moment." As if summoned by his words, we heard vehicles